Wall collapse in western India: 15 people dead
A 4,5-meter height wall collapse in Indian city of Pune (in Maharashtra state) has resulted in 15 fatalities including 2 children. The failure occurred on Saturday, June 29, 2019. The compound wall c...
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Enormous sinkhole pulls a parked car under the ground
A massive sinkhole swallowed and destroyed a parked car in the city of Dale, Virginia. The sinkhole suddenly opened on July 4, 2019. Its depth was about 6 meters and it caused the closure of the road...
Keller's Geotechnical Construction Companies to Combine
Effective January 1, 2020, North America Keller companies McKinney Drilling, Bencor, Case Atlantic, Case Foundation, Hayward Baker, HJ Foundation, Keller Canada, and Moretrench will join together and...
Mudslide in Mexico: 7 fatalities
A mudslide that hit a village in Mexico, has caused 7 fatalities. The incident occurred on July 10, 2019. The slide was caused after heavy rainfall struck the region οf Santo Tomas Chautla village, l...
Catastrophic dam failure in India: Officials blame crabs
Located in Ratnagiri district of the Indian Maharashtra state, Tiware dam was suddenly ruptured flooding seven downstream villages. The incident occurred on Tuesday, July 4, 2019 and was followed by...
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How-to perform automatic consolidation test on soil
A procedure that involves the determination of one-dimensional consolidation and swelling properties of soils is presented by Wykeham Farrance/ CONTROLS Group. The Automatic Computerized Oedometer (A...
Hayward Baker worked on the construction of the world's first Guitar-Shaped Hotel
The iconic Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood is undergoing a $1.5 billion expansion, with a gleaming 36-storey, guitar-shaped hotel as its stunning centerpiece. Alongside the glass-fronted hotel o...
PLAXIS Online Training: Analysis of Suction Buckets
Another PLAXIS online training has been scheduled for the 27th of June. This online training will demonstrate the practical Use of PLAXIS 3D for the Analysis of Suction Buckets in OC Clay. The presen...
Triaxial Sample Preparation Items
Humboldt has an extensive inventory of all the tools and consumables used for preparing soil samples for triaxial testing. All products adhere to ASTM standards: ASTM D2850, ASTM D2166, ASTM D4767. T...
Shaft Area Profile Evaluator (SHAPE) by Pile Dynamics
Drilled shafts are rarely ideal cylinders and irregularities in the shaft construction can affect shaft performance. Shaft Area Profile Evaluator (SHAPE) is the latest addition to Pile Dynamics exten...
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Announcing the launch of the new Geoengineer.org Website!
We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new Geoengineer.org website. The new State of the Art website does not just have a beautiful design, a modern architecture and new content. It a...
Upcoming Events
Seminar and Workshop on Deep Foundation Dynamic Testing and Analysis
Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA), in collaboration with Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), will present a three-day program on Deep Foundation Dynamic Testing and Analysis (DFDTA), over the dates...
Fifth World Landslide Forum Third International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics DFI 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (4th ICTG) 4th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics 16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics - IACMAG Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground - TC204 Cambridge 2020 International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Education
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Three-Dimensional Analysis of Lenticular Ore Bodies Using Displacement Discontinuity Elements Quantification of the Geological Strength Index Chart Uniaxial compressive strength versus Global strength in the Hoek-Brown criterion Numerical Modelling of Slope Uncertainty Due to Rock Mass Jointing Application of Cosserat Continuum Approach in the Finite Element Shear Strength Reduction Analysis of Jointed Rock Slopes The Practical Modelling of Discontinuous Rock Masses with Finite Element Analysis Integration of Geotechnical and Structural Design in Tunneling Serviceability-Based Slope Factor of Safety using the Shear Strength Reduction Method Analysis of Blocky Rock Slopes with Finite Element Shear Strength Reduction Analysis The Influence of Young’s Modulus on Numerical Modelling Results
Education
Reliability of Shallow Foundation Design Using the Standard Penetration Test
Download paper, available by permission of the publisher. Reference: Zekkos, D.P., Bray, J.D., Der Kiureghian, A. (2004), “Reliability of shallow foundation design using the standard penetration test...
Attemberg Limits
The consistency and behavior of a clayey soil is different as are the engineering properties at varying degrees of moisture content. Thus, the boundary between each state can be defined based on a ch...
Water Content (w)
The water content (w), also known as natural water content or natural moisture content, is the ratio of the weight of water to the weight of the solids in a given mass of soil. This ratio is usuall...
Soil as a three-phase System
Soil deposits consist of the soil particles and the void space between the particles. Soil mass is generally referred to as three-phase system because it consists of solid particles, liquid, and...
Top 10 Introductory Papers on Macroscopic Soil Plasticity Constitutive Modelling
Top Ten Introductory Papers in Macroscopic Soil Plasticity Constitutive Modelling by Professor Yannis F. Dafalias, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis...
Top 10 papers on Active Faulting
List compiled: July 2005 by Robert H. Sydnor, CEG 968, Engineering Geologist, Seismologist, Hydrogeologist. Bonilla, Manuel G., and Lienkaemper, James J., 1991, Factors affecting the recognition of...
Top 10 papers on the properties of Municipal Solid-Waste
Suggested by Dr. Kavazanjian, E., and Dr. Matasovic, N., Geosyntec Consultants, Huntington Beach, California 92648. List compiled in January 2003 Top 10 papers in Alphabetical Order Augello, A.J., Ma...
Books
2018 Geotechnical Business Directory
This unique annual business directory includes 8,000+ professionals and 600+ companies and organizations in the geotechnical engineering profession. Powered by GeoWorld, the professional network for g...
Practical Soil Dynamics
The objective of this book is to fill some of the gaps in the existing engineering codes and standards related to soil dynamics, concerning issues in earthquake engineering and ground vibrations, by...
Practical Guide to Green Technology for Ground Engineering
Over the last 50 years there has been rapid development of construction techniques, analytical methods and materials for use in ground engineering. One of the major techniques which has been developed...